2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season

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2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season
Head coachByron Scott
General managerJeff Bower
Owner(s)George Shinn
ArenaFord Center (36 games)
New Orleans Arena (3 games)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1 game)
Lloyd Noble Center (1 game)
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Southwest)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCox Sports Television
The Cox Channel
Cox 4
RadioWTIX
KTOK
< 2004–05 2006–07 >

The 2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 4th season in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 18–64 record from the previous season (worst in the Western Conference that year). They finished the season with a 38–44 record, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Before the commencement of training camp, the City of New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina.[1] With the New Orleans Arena partly damaged and the city's infrastructure in need of repair the Hornets signed a deal to play most of their games in Oklahoma City, becoming the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for this season. In Oklahoma City, the Hornets enjoyed sell-out crowds at the Ford Center.[1]

The addition of draft pick Chris Paul resulted in the team competing for a playoff spot. In January and February, the club played winning basketball despite losing Chris Andersen to a two-year suspension for illegal drugs. Paul showed the poise and play making skills of a veteran finishing second in steals and seventh in assists as he posted a terrific 3.34 assist-to-turnover ratio, while leading all rookies with 16.1 points per game.[1]

On March 8, the Hornets returned to New Orleans with a near sell-out crowd on hand to watch the Hornets lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 113–107.[1] In March, the Hornets went into a tailspin, winning just 3 of 14 games. The Hornets went on to finish in 4th place in their division. Chris Paul was named Rookie of the Year.[2]

Draft picks[edit]

Main article: 2005 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Chris Paul[3] PG  United States Wake Forest
2 33 Brandon Bass F  United States LSU

Roster[edit]

2005–06 New Orleans Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 12 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978-07-07 Blinn
PF 33 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985-04-30 LSU
C 42 Brown, P. J. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1969-10-14 Louisiana Tech
SF 45 Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1979-05-23 La Salle
PG 5 Claxton, Speedy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1978-05-08 Hofstra
PF 21 Fizer, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1978-08-10 Iowa State
C 44 Jackson, Marc 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1975-01-16 Temple
SF 43 Johnson, Linton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1980-06-13 Tulane
SG 6 Macijauskas, Arvydas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1980-01-19 Lithuania
SF 24 Mason, Desmond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1977-10-11 Oklahoma State
PG 25 Norris, Moochie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1973-07-27 West Florida
PG 3 Paul, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-05-06 Wake Forest
SG 23 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985-09-09 St. Benedict's Prep HS (NJ)
SG 1 Snyder, Kirk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983-06-05 Nevada
PF 30 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1980-08-29 Xavier
C 34 Williams, Aaron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971-10-02 Xavier
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 31, 2006

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Southwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 63 19 .768 - 34–7 29–12 13–3
x-Dallas Mavericks 60 22 .732 3 34–7 26–15 13–3
x-Memphis Grizzlies 49 33 .598 14 30–11 19–22 6–10
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 38 44 .463 25 24–17 14–27 7–9
Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 29 15–26 19–22 1–15
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-San Antonio Spurs 63 19 .768 -
2 y-Phoenix Suns 54 28 .659 9
3 y-Denver Nuggets 44 38 .537 19
4 x-Dallas Mavericks 60 22 .732 3
5 x-Memphis Grizzlies 49 33 .598 14
6 x-Los Angeles Clippers 47 35 .573 16
7 x-Los Angeles Lakers 45 37 .549 18
8 x-Sacramento Kings 44 38 .537 19
9 Utah Jazz 41 41 .500 22
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 38 44 .463 25
11 Seattle SuperSonics 35 47 .427 28
12 Golden State Warriors 34 48 .415 29
13 Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 29
14 Minnesota Timberwolves 33 49 .402 30
15 Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 .256 42

Game log[edit]

2005–06 game log
Total: 38–44 (Home: 22–19; Road: 16–25)
November: 7–7 (home: 3–3; road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 1 Sacramento 93–67 P. J. Brown (20) David West (11) Speedy Claxton & Chris Paul (4) Ford Center
19,163 		1–0
2 November 2 @ Cleveland 87–109 Speedy Claxton (16) Chris Andersen (8) Boštjan Nachbar (6) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 		1–1
3 November 5 @ Houston 91–84 P. J. Brown (18) P. J. Brown (13) Claxton & Paul (8) Toyota Center
15,875 		2–1
4 November 9 Orlando 83–88 Speedy Claxton (24) P. J. Brown (10) Speedy Claxton (6) Ford Center
18,508 		2–2
5 November 12 Dallas 103–109 Chris Paul (26) P. J. Brown (7) Speedy Claxton (7) Ford Center
19,163 		2–3
6 November 15 @ Miami 102–109 (OT) P. J. Brown (24) P. J. Brown (12) Chris Paul (10) American Airlines Arena
19,600 		2–4
7 November 16 Denver 81–91 Chris Paul (18) Brown, Paul, & West (9) Kirk Snyder (5) Ford Center
18,442 		2–5
8 November 18 Atlanta 95–92 Chris Paul (25) Chris Andersen (18) Chris Paul (12) Ford Center
17,554 		3–5
9 November 19 @ Orlando 98–95 David West (34) Andersen & West (8) Chris Paul (8) TD Waterhouse Centre
14,489 		4–5
10 November 21 @ Philadelphia 91–103 David West (20) David West (9) Chris Paul (6) Wachovia Center
12,452 		4–6
11 November 23 Minnesota 84–80 David West (22) David West (13) Chris Paul (8) Ford Center
19,163 		5–6
12 November 26 @ Seattle 105–99 David West (21) Desmond Mason & Paul (7) Chris Paul (10) Key Arena
16,371 		6–6
13 November 28 @ Golden State 83–99 Chris Paul (15) David West (11) Speedy Claxton (9) Oakland Arena
16,270 		6–7
14 November 30 @ Denver 102–95 Desmond Mason (26) P. J. Brown (12) Chris Paul (9) Pepsi Center
15,603 		7–7
December : 5–10 (home: 4–3; road: 1–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 December 2 Philadelphia 88–86 David West (22) P. J. Brown (14) Chris Paul (9) Ford Center
19,163 		8–7
16 December 3 @ Dallas 88–97 Chris Paul (25) Brown & Paul (6) Chris Paul (5) American Airlines Center
19,651 		8–8
17 December 6 @ Memphis 73–89 Mason & West (15) Chris Andersen (10) Paul, J. R. Smith, & Claxton (4) FedEx Forum
13,271 		8–9
18 December 7 Boston 87–101 David West (29) Chris Paul (10) Chris Paul (6) Ford Center
18,753 		8–10
19 December 9 @ Portland 95–98 (OT) Speedy Claxton (27) Chris Paul (7) Chris Paul (10) Rose Garden
12,305 		8–11
20 December 11 @ Sacramento 100–110 Chris Paul (18) P. J. Brown (8) Chris Paul (12) ARCO Arena
17,317 		8–12
21 December 12 @ Phoenix 91–87 J. R. Smith (26) J. R. Smith (10) Chris Paul (7) America West Arena
15,547 		9–12
22 December 14 LA Clippers 102–89 J. R. Smith (21) David West (12) Chris Paul (8) Ford Center
17,490 		10–12
23 December 16 Phoenix 88–101 Chris Paul (25) Brown & West (13) Chris Paul (6) Pete Maravich Assembly Center
7,302 		10–13
24 December 18 San Antonio 89–76 David West (19) Chris Paul (12) Chris Paul (9) Ford Center
19,297 		11–13
25 December 21 @ Minnesota 69–88 Chris Paul (15) P. J. Brown (9) Speedy Claxton (4) Target Center
14,454 		11–14
26 December 23 @ Milwaukee 94–101 David West (27) David West (18) Chris Paul (8) Bradley Center
16,824 		11–15
27 December 28 Houston 92–90 J. R. Smith (16) Brown & West (7) Chris Paul (15) Ford Center
19,205 		12–15
28 December 29 @ San Antonio 84–111 David West (18) P. J. Brown (6) Chris Paul (7) AT&T Center
18,797 		12–16
29 December 31 Dallas 90–95 David West (18) David West (10) Chris Paul (10) Ford Center
19,170 		12–17
January : 10–5 (home: 6–2; road: 4–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 January 2 Charlotte 103–86 Chris Paul (24) Mason & West (9) Chris Paul (11) Ford Center
17,683 		13–17
31 January 4 Miami 107–92 Desmond Mason (24) Mason & West (7) Chris Paul (9) Ford Center
19,326 		14–17
32 January 6 Portland 90–80 Kirk Snyder (22) David West (13) Speedy Claxton (7) Ford Center
18,995 		14–18
33 January 7 @ Atlanta 93–101 Speedy Claxton (29) David West (9) Kirk Snyder (4) Philips Arena
11,332 		14–19
34 January 10 Detroit 86–96 David West (20) P. J. Brown (9) Chris Paul (5) Ford Center
19,260 		15–19
35 January 13 Sacramento 90–76 David West (19) Chris Paul (8) Speedy Claxton (8) Lloyd Noble Center
11,343 		16–19
36 January 14 @ Houston 86–80 Chris Paul (17) P. J. Brown (10) Chris Paul (5) Toyota Center
14,724 		17–19
37 January 16 @ Charlotte 107–92 Chris Paul (24) David West (11) Chris Paul (6) Charlotte Bobcats Arena
15,303 		18–19
38 January 18 Memphis 87–79 Chris Paul (16) David West (14) Chris Paul (9) Ford Center
14,554 		19–19
39 January 20 @ Washington 99–110 Chris Paul (28) David West (7) Chris Paul (11) Verizon Center
19,062 		19–20
40 January 21 @ New York 109–98 Chris Paul (27) P. J. Brown (9) Chris Paul (13) Madison Square Garden
19,763 		20–20
41 January 23 @ Boston 78–91 David West (21) P. J. Brown (8) Chris Paul (6) TD Banknorth Garden
14,473 		20–21
42 January 25 San Antonio 68–84 Rasual Butler & West (15) P. J. Brown (9) Chris Paul (4) Ford Center
19,289 		20–22
43 January 28 @ Memphis 95–86 Speedy Claxton (20) David West (12) Chris Paul (8) FedExForum
16,228 		21–22
44 January 30 Milwaukee 94–93 David West (24) David West (15) Chris Paul (9) Ford Center
18,197 		22–22
February : 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
45 February 1 Chicago 100–95 Chris Paul (25) Brown & West (6) Chris Paul (13) Ford Center
19,163 		23–22
46 February 4 LA Lakers 106–90 Desmond Mason (21) P. J. Brown (9) Chris Paul (13) Ford Center
19,334 		24–22
47 February 6 @ New Jersey 91–99 Speedy Claxton (23) Mason & Paul (7) Chris Paul (13) Continental Airlines Arena
13,998 		24–23
48 February 8 Seattle 109–102 David West (26) David West (10) Kirk Snyder (12) Ford Center
18,807 		25–23
49 February 10 New York 111–100 David West (21) David West (10) Speedy Claxton (11) Ford Center
19,163 		26–23
50 February 11 @ Minnesota 100–94 Claxton & Snyder (28) Desmond Mason (9) Speedy Claxton (7) Target Center
15,933 		27–23
51 February 13 Washington 97–96 David West (19) David West (9) Speedy Claxton (10) Ford Center
18,678 		28–23
52 February 15 Portland 102–86 Kirk Snyder (22) Rasual Butler (9) Chris Paul (7) Ford Center
19,051 		29–23
53 February 21 @ Indiana 75–97 Chris Paul (27) Desmond Mason (7) Chris Paul (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
14,108 		29–24
54 February 22 Utah 100–95 Chris Paul (18) Aaron Williams (13) Chris Paul (7) Ford Center
18,368 		29–25
55 February 25 @ Utah 100–95 Chris Paul (23) Linton Johnson (11) Chris Paul (8) EnergySolutions Arena
18,471 		30–25
56 February 26 @ Portland 102–86 David West (22) Marc Jackson (8) Chris Paul (8) Rose Garden
12,860 		31–25
57 February 28 @ Seattle 104–114 Chris Paul (25) Chris Paul (7) Chris Paul (14) Key Arena
15,115 		31–26
March : 3–11 (home: 2–7; road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
58 March 1 @ LA Clippers 67–89 Desmond Mason (20) P. J. Brown (11) Chris Paul (12) Staples Center
16,157 		31–27
59 March 6 Phoenix 88–101 David West (20) David West (8) Chris Paul (11) Ford Center
19,207 		31–28
60 March 8 LA Lakers 107–113 David West (25) Kirk Snyder (6) Chris Paul (10) New Orleans Arena
17,744 		31–29
61 March 10 Indiana 90–92 David West (20) Chris Paul (7) Chris Paul (8) Ford Center
18,506 		31–30
62 March 12 New Jersey 84–95 Chris Paul (17) P. J. Brown (8) Chris Paul (7) Ford Center
19,198 		31–31
63 March 14 @ San Antonio 81–96 Jackson & Paul (16) Rasual Butler (8) Chris Paul (7) AT&T Center
18,797 		31–32
64 March 18 Denver 94–109 David West (24) P. J. Brown (10) Chris Paul (10) New Orleans Arena
17,912 		31–33
65 March 21 LA Clippers 120–108 Rasual Butler (32) David West (11) Chris Paul (9) New Orleans Arena
16,799 		32–33
66 March 23 Houston 92–93 David West (14) David West (11) Speedy Claxton (10) Ford Center
19,163 		32–34
67 March 24 Chicago 82–96 Chris Paul (13) Brown & Butler (9) Speedy Claxton (6) United Center
21,793 		32–35
68 March 26 @ LA Lakers 67–89 David West (23) David West (10) Claxton & Paul (6) Staples Center
18,997 		32–36
69 March 27 @ Utah 80–104 Rasual Butler (15) P. J. Brown (8) Chris Paul (7) EnergySolutions Arena
17,437 		32–37
70 March 29 @ Golden State 86–85 Rasual Butler (20) Marc Jackson (8) Chris Paul (7) Oakland Arena
16,885 		33–37
71 March 31 Memphis 107–102 Marc Jackson (24) Linton Johnson (8) Speedy Claxton (8) Ford Center
18,817 		34–37
April : 4–7 (home: 1–3; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
72 April 2 @ Toronto 120–113 (2 OT) Chris Paul (24) Chris Paul (12) Claxton & Paul (12) Air Canada Centre
15,079 		35–37
73 April 4 @ Detroit 93–101 Paul & West (24) Jackson, Johnson, & West (6) Chris Paul (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076 		35–38
74 April 5 Golden State 114–109 OT Speedy Claxton (21) Butler & Paul (11) Chris Paul (16) Ford Center
18,169 		36–38
75 April 7 Toronto 95–89 David West (19) David West (9) Chris Paul (8) Ford Center
18,854 		37–38
76 April 8 @ Dallas 77–101 Rasual Butler (14) Brown & Butler (7) Chris Paul (5) American Airlines Center
20,336 		37–39
77 April 10 Cleveland 101–103 Chris Paul (22) P. J. Brown (10) Chris Paul (5) Ford Center
19,187 		37–40
78 April 12 Seattle 104–99 Chris Paul (21) Marc Jackson (14) Chris Paul (6) Ford Center
18,607 		38–40
79 April 14 Utah 104–105 David West (31) David West (12) Chris Paul (7) Ford Center
19,163 		38–41
80 April 16 @ Sacramento 79–96 Chris Paul (12) Brandon Bass (7) Chris Paul (7) ARCO Arena
17,317 		38–42
81 April 17 @ Phoenix 78–115 Jackson & Paul (11) Linton Johnson (7) Chris Paul (5) US Airways Arena
18,442 		38–43
82 April 19 LA Lakers 95–115 P. J. Brown (16) Marc Jackson (13) Chris Paul (7) Staples Center
18,997 		38–44
2005–06 schedule

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Andersen 32 2 17.8 .571 .000 .476 4.8 0.2 0.3 1.3 5.0
Brandon Bass 29 1 9.2 .400 .000 .632 2.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.3
P.J. Brown 75 73 31.7 .461 .000 .827 7.3 1.2 0.6 0.7 9.0
Rasual Butler 79 20 23.7 .406 .380 .693 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 8.7
Speedy Claxton 71 3 28.4 .413 .270 .769 2.7 4.8 1.5 0.1 12.3
Marcus Fizer 3 0 13.0 .529 1.000 .500 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 6.7
Marc Jackson 27 10 22.0 .489 .500 .824 4.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 9.1
Linton Johnson 27 7 18.1 .403 .361 .739 4.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 5.3
Maciej Lampe 2 0 8.0 .000 .000 .000 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Arvydas Macijauskas 19 0 7.1 .341 .250 .867 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.0 2.3
Desmond Mason 70 55 30.0 .399 .167 .682 4.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 10.8
Boštjan Nachbar 25 13 16.2 .339 .298 .694 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 5.0
Moochie Norris 16 0 11.4 .426 .444 .640 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.0 3.8
Chris Paul 78 78 36.0 .430 .282 .847 5.1 7.8 2.2 0.1 16.1
J.R. Smith 55 25 18.0 .393 .371 .822 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 7.7
Kirk Snyder 68 45 19.3 .453 .357 .735 2.4 1.5 0.4 0.3 8.0
Jackson Vroman 41 2 9.9 .394 .000 .477 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.8
David West 74 74 34.1 .512 .273 .843 7.4 1.2 0.8 0.9 17.1
Aaron Williams 34 2 20.4 .516 .000 .673 4.9 0.5 0.4 0.5 5.8

Bold leads team. Minimum of ten games started.
Reference:[4]

Awards and records[edit]

Awards[edit]

Free agents[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "New Orleans Hornets (2002-Present)". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets on Basketball Reference
  3. ^ "NBA.com: Draft 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  4. ^ "2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Roster and Stats".
  5. ^ "NBA.com Hornets' Paul Named the 2005-06 T-Mobile Rookie of the Year". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
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